Society of the saints

The Church begins the final month of the liturgical year with the Solemnity of All Saints.

In a reflection for The Catholic Times, Father Ervens Mengelle, IVE, SSL, notes that the celebration focuses on the definitive eschatological reality of the Church. He explains that this state involves the society of the saints, who are those fully transformed by God's love.

Father Mengelle connects the liturgical readings to this transformation. He notes that the second reading describes believers as God's children who will eventually see Him and become like Him. He also observes that the Gospel passage from the Gospel of Matthew contains the Beatitudes, where Jesus identifies those who are blessed.